[Evergreen-general] Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)

[PYF HTMLCSS]

I'm also interested in participating.

Im currently working in an academic Makerspace and we really need FOSS in
order to serve both students and the community.

- Phil

On Sun, Jun 11, 2023, 9:58 AM Jane Sandberg via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> I agree with Benjamin's overview 100%.  Also, I do think that a formal
> VPAT would be a helpful thing for the community to have -- it's an industry
> standard for sure.  This has come up in other open source communities
> I'm in as well.
>
> I'd gladly participate in a group, or convene one, to create a VPAT and
> document the process so that it is repeatable.  Another approach would be
> to contract out to a respected accessibility vendor for a VPAT -- I think
> this could be valuable to get additional expertise from outside the
> community, especially if we could repeat this process on a regular basis
> (for example, every other feature release).
>
> El sáb, 10 jun 2023 a la(s) 12:24, Benjamin Kalish via Evergreen-general (
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org) escribió:
>
>> It's several years out of date, but it looks like the Georgia Center for
>> Inclusive Design and Innovation did an Accessibility Evaluation
>> <https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=accessibility:evergreen_evaluation_report.pdf>
>> of Evergreen in June 2019.
>>
>> Accessibility has not always been a focus in the community but has been
>> getting a lot more love lately and I know some of the problems identified
>> in that report have been fixed while others remain.
>>
>> I'm hoping someone else will chime in if there are more current resources
>> we can point you towards.
>>
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>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 8:36 AM PYF HTMLCSS via Evergreen-general <
>> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi There,
>>>
>>> I am looking to get evergreen installed in our organization but our IT
>>> department requires a VPAT. I was wondering if Evergreen has one?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> - Phil
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